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Australian Journal of Chemistry @ausjchem.bsky.social · 21h

Khalid Widyan presents a novel one-pot synthesis of flavones and 2-alkyl-4H-benzopyran-4-one. He utilizes the ionic liquid [BMIM][BF₄] to provides a favourable reaction medium which increases the selectivity and yield of the syntheses

#AudJChem

Details: www.publish.csiro.au/CH/CH25044

A concise one-pot synthesis of flavones by cyclisation of o-(alkynon-1-yl)phenols

A concise one-pot process for producing flavones and 2-alkyl-4H-benzopyran-4-one from a variety of salicylic acylbenzotriazoles is described. The in situ generation of o-(alkynon-1-yl)phenols in the i...

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Pat Hannah @pattedplants.bsky.social · 1d

An its adjoining Academic Paper:

www.publish.csiro.au/BT/BT25031

Landscape-wide modelling of canopy tree crowns and heights using LiDAR: a case study in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, Australia

Context Understanding the extant structure of forests reveals important insights into their ecological condition, age, biodiversity and related ecosystem services. Advances in LiDAR and computational ...

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Pat Hannah @pattedplants.bsky.social · 1d

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At 77 metres, is this hoop pine Australia's tallest rainforest tree?

Researchers mapping millions of trees as part of a climate change study think they have found Australia's tallest rainforest tree.

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Pat Hannah @pattedplants.bsky.social · 1d

And it's adjoining academic paper:

www.publish.csiro.au/WR/WR24083

Potential threats and habitat of the night parrot on the Ngururrpa Indigenous Protected Area

Context The Endangered night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) is one of the rarest birds in Australia, with fewer than 20 known to occur in Queensland and, prior to 2020, only occasional detections fro...

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Pat Hannah @pattedplants.bsky.social · 1d

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How Scientists Rediscovered This Rare And Elusive Bird That We Thought Was Extinct For 100 Years - BGR

While many plants and animals are lost to us forever, this little bird has just been very good at hiding. The night parrot hides in native desert grasses.

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Pat Hannah @pattedplants.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the accompanying research paper published in @wildliferesearchj.bsky.social

www.publish.csiro.au/wr/WR24069

Pirra Jungku and Pirra Warlu: using traditional fire-practice knowledge and contemporary science to guide fire-management goals for desert animals

Context Indigenous people influenced fire in Australia’s deserts for millennia, until colonisation interrupted traditional fire practices. Many groups are reinvigorating those practices to achieve int...

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Pat Hannah @pattedplants.bsky.social · 1d

A better news story for the Monday

theconversation.com/a-patchwork-...

#IndigenousScience #Australia #Conservation

A patchwork of spinifex: how we returned cultural burning to the Great Sandy Desert

In the 1940s, RAAF planes took aerial photographs of the Great Sandy Desert, capturing something valuable: the patterns of burning performed by our ancestors over generations.

theconversation.com

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Pat Hannah @pattedplants.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the accompanying publication from Australian Mammalogy for some more information.

www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM23033

Should the Christmas Island shrew (Crocidura trichura) be considered extinct?

The Christmas Island shrew (Crocidura trichura), endemic to Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, was abundant at the time of the island’s settlement in the 1890s. However, since 1900, it has been rep...

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Pat Hannah @pattedplants.bsky.social · 1d

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Monday reads... #conservation #Australia 🧪🌍

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

Australia’s only known shrew has been declared extinct. Its loss emphasises the need for national protection of Australia’s rare and unique wildlife.

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Australian Journal of Chemistry @ausjchem.bsky.social · 4d

A proud moment for Australian science!

We were honoured to celebrate Prof Robson’s remarkable achievements in our 2019 Special Collection, and are thrilled to see him now recognised with the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry! #AustJChem

Which you can revisit here:
www.publish.csiro.au/CH/issue/9431

CSIRO PUBLISHING | Australian Journal of Chemistry

Australian Journal of Chemistry - an International Journal for Chemical Science publishes research papers from all fields of chemical science.

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Australian Journal of Chemistry @ausjchem.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations to our very own Prof Richard Robson (University of Melbourne & Florey Institute), along with Susumu Kitagawa (Kyoto University) and Omar M Yaghi ( University of California), on receiving the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering MOFs, a landmark in materials science! 👏

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Dasyuridae @dasyuridae.bsky.social · 6d

theconversation.com/whiskers-for... #WombatWednesday #wombat #wildlife #mammal #conservation #australia #burrow #warren #whisker #anatomy #behaviour @ecolsocaus.bsky.social @ausmammals.bsky.social @westernsydneyu.bsky.social

Whiskers for warrens: why wombats have such whiskery snouts

Wombats’ whiskery noses help them snuffle for food, navigate burrows and sense friend or foe.

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Pat Hannah @pattedplants.bsky.social · 5d

Whiskers for warrens: why wombats have such whiskery snouts
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Whiskers for warrens: why wombats have such whiskery snouts

Wombats’ whiskery noses help them snuffle for food, navigate burrows and sense friend or foe.

theconversation.com

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International Journal of Wildland Fire @ijwildlandfire.bsky.social · 6d

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Epstein & Seielstad analyse WFDSS text from 6,630 large US wildfires (2011–2023). Barriers appear in 75%—mainly roads, burn scars and fuel variation. Prior fires more often stopped spread than treatments.

🔗 doi.org/10.1071/WF25051
#IJWildlandFire

The most common barrier identified in each dispatch zone (top); and the most common barrier
constructed through human landscape modification (bottom).

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Pacific Conservation Biology @pacificconsbio.bsky.social · 6d

These lizard traps rock!

This #OpenAccess publication by Suzie Cramp et al. in #PacificConsBio highlights the #Cultural & #Ecological importance of #granite #lizard traps in Western Australia’s south coast

www.publish.csiro.au/pc/Fulltext/...

Photo: A karda (goanna, Varanus rosenbergi) next to a lizard trap in Cape Arid National Park. Suzie Cramp, University of Western Australia.

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Australian Journal of Botany @ausjbotany.bsky.social · 8d

A new survey of flora in the Yazd-Kerman Endemism Hotspot has revealed more than 300 species - and more than 60 threatened species - call the Lalehzar and Hezar Mountains of Iran home

Evaluation of biodiversity and conservation status of endemic and rare plant species of an endemism hotspot in Iran

Context This study focuses on the Lalehzar and Hezar Mountains within the Yazd-Kerman Endemism Hotspot in Iran, part of the Irano-Turanian region, which includes five of the world’s 34 endemism…

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Australian Society of Plant Scientists (ASPS) @asps-oz.bsky.social · 13d

Want to meet this awesome group of plant scientists?

Join us at ASPS 2025 in Adelaide, 24-27 November!

(Photo from ASPS 2023 conference in Hobart)

Register: bit.ly/4p25OJ0

#ASPS2025 #PlantScience #Adelaide

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Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 8d

📣 Opportunity for early career researchers from developing countries who work on climate change. IPCC is calling for chapter scientists for assessment round 7. Successful applicants will receive a stipend for 48 months. 🧪🌎
www.ictp.it/opportunity/...

IPCC AR7 Chapter Scientists | ICTP

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is in the process of preparing its Seventh Assessment report (AR7). The IPCC Working Groups are seeking highly motivated early-career researchers f...

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Australian Journal of Chemistry @ausjchem.bsky.social · 9d

A recent review by Li et al. on cobalt oxide (Co₃O₄)-based catalysts as cost-effective alternatives for the oxygen evolution reaction in acidic media, vital for proton exchange membrane water electrolysis and green hydrogen production. #AusJChem #openaccess

www.publish.csiro.au/ch/pdf/CH25104

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marinefreshwater.bsky.social @marinefreshwater.bsky.social · 10d

Calling all marine & freshwater sciences students 📣

@marinefreshwater.bsky.social has a new #StudentPrize!

The first winner will be announced in 2027 to allow time for submissions and nominations.

More details:
www.publish.csiro.au/mf/forauthor...

#MarineFreshwaterRes

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Awards and Prizes

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Australian Journal of Botany @ausjbotany.bsky.social · 11d

#openaccess New #LiDAR methods are revealing the influence of land use change and climate change on forest height, as Patrick Norman and colleagues write

Landscape-wide modelling of canopy tree crowns and heights using LiDAR: a case study in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, Australia

Context Understanding the extant structure of forests reveals important insights into their ecological condition, age, biodiversity and related ecosystem services. Advances in LiDAR and computational…

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Meghan Azad, PhD @meghanazad.bsky.social · 11d

🚨 New #THRiVElab paper!🚨

(Just in time for #NationalBreastfeedingWeek 🍁🤱🏽 )

Led by PhD student Sarah Turner, we explored how human milk fatty acids & oligosaccharides relate to infant neurodevelopment in the @childcohortstudy.bsky.social.

🔗 www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...

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Australian Journal of Chemistry @ausjchem.bsky.social · 13d

☕ Happy International Coffee Day! ☕
Cosy up with your morning brew and check out this paper by Patti and colleagues reporting the lipid, caffeine, and polyphenol content of waste coffee husks and spent coffee grounds (SCGs) from Australian commercial outlets.
#AusJChem
More: doi.org/10.1071/CH20189

Chemical Nature of Spent Coffee Grounds and Husks

Waste coffee husks and spent coffee grounds (SCGs) are produced in large qualities worldwide. Characterisation of these waste streams from Australian commercial outlets in terms of lipid, caffeine, an...

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marinefreshwater.bsky.social @marinefreshwater.bsky.social · 15d

Congrats to @caseylbowden.bsky.social winner of the #AMSA2025 MFR Best Student Presentation Award, sponsored by #MarineFreshwaterRes!
Casey's research focuses on how fishes may be influenced by water flow across small reef areas.
We're excited to see where she goes next!
@amsaconf.bsky.social

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Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · 19d

Worried about shark bite? We can now produce scientifically tested shark proof wetsuits that reduce the likelihood of traumatic injuries

www.publish.csiro.au/WR/WR25019?f...

Effectiveness of bite-resistant materials to reduce injuries from white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) and tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) bites

Context Shark bites on humans are rare but can have substantial consequences for local coastal communities and businesses, often prompting pressure to implement effective mitigation measures. Wetsuits...

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